References

^ Quadrant Magazine

^ For a discussion of the classification of Horace's Odes, see The Works of Horace Rendered into English Prose by James Lonsdale, M.A. and Samuel Lee, M.A. London: Macmillan and Co., 1883, p. 22 and Horace: The Complete Works by Charles E. Bennett and John Carew Rolfe. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1901, pp. xvii-xxii.

The Works of Horace, with Explanatory Notes by Charles Anthon, LL.D. London: Tegg & Son, 1835;

The Works of Horace with English Notes by J.L. Lincoln. New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1851.

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